Science and Civilisation in China - 7: Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, the Social Background, - Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflection

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Needham FRS (1900-1995) was the founder of the Science and Civilisation in China project. Klappentext Volume addressing questions that drove the entire project. Zusammenfassung Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series caused a seismic shift in western perceptions of China. But why did the scientific and industrial revolutions not happen in China? In the concluding volume of this series! Needham reflects on this question and gives fascinating insights into his great intellectual quest. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prefaces; 2. Foreword Joseph Needham; 3. Science and society in east and west Joseph Needham; 4. The roles of Europe and China in the evolution of ecumenical science Joseph Needham; 5. The nature of Chinese society: a technical interpretation Huang Jen-yü and Joseph Needham; 6. History and human values: a Chinese perspective for science and technology Joseph Needham; 7. Literary Chinese as a language for science Kenneth Robinson and Joseph Needham; 8. General conclusions; 9. Joseph Needham: a soliloquy Kenneth Robinson; Bibliographies.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Needham
• Assisted by: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson (Editor), Kenneth Girdwood (University of Cambridge) Robinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2004
• EAN: 9780521087322
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08732-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Sets: Science and Civilisation in China; Science and Civilisation in China
• Series: Science and Civilisation in Ch; Science and Civilisation in China; Science and Civilisation in Ch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management